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[12.3.49] very warm. Our first call was at Lara 
Lake where we were informed that many 
of the duck had left. The lake itself 
was double its size owing to the recent 
extremely heavy rains. On the edge we 
first met WHITE-FACED HERONS, SPUR-WINGED 
PLOVER, BLACK-FRONTED DOTTEREL and SWANS. 
At first sight there were not many duck, 
picking up BLACK DUCK and GREY TEAL. 
A solitary MUSK DUCK and a few BLUE- 
WINGED SHOVELLER were soon picked up as 
we walked towards the further end and 
there we saw MOUNTAIN DUCK, many LITTLE 
PIED CORMORANTS and a STRAW-NECKED IBIS. 
When we were nearly round, when we 
had the sun behind us we picked up 
several CHESTNUT TEAL, two PINK-EARED DUCK, 
a small flock of MANED GEESE and three 
BLUE-BILLED DUCK - a total of nine species 
which was not too bad. Also afloat were 
many COOT and HOARY-HEADED GREBES. 
Around the Lake on the paddocks 
and in the sugar-gum plantations were 
